Collar-packaging machine



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Ill-III W. A. ZEIDLER. COLLAR-PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DCT- 3.1919. 1,374,975, Patented Apu-19, 1921.

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WILLIAM A. ZEIDLER, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-PACKAGING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 'y Patented Aplin ,19, 1921 Application filed October 3, 1919. Serial No. 328,323.

To all who/m, t may concern Be it known that I, lVi'LLiAiii A. ZEIDLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ef New York, county of Bronx, and State of New York, (whose oost-office address is 401 East 163rd street,

ronx, N. Y.,) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collar-Packaging Machines, of which the following is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of this character whereby col lars may be packed with ease, rapidity and firmness so that when the package is formed it will be stable and not become undone. v

This object is accomplished by my inven tion, one embodiment of which is hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which- F igurel is a longitudinal section of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken at right anoles to the section in Fig. 1.

F ig. 3 is a sectional view of the collar inclosingpart of the apparatus.

Fig. l is a sectional view showing the apparatus of Fig. 3 while a tube is being placed thereon.

Fig. 5 is an inverted sectional view showing the collar inclosing fingers and their supports.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a tube.

Fig. 7 is a sectional View of a collar package made according to my invention.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved machine 1 is adapted to rcceive a paper tube 2 in which are placed collars 3 and finally the endsof the tube are forced inside the collars, as shown in Fig. 7. The means yand method of making this package will now be described in detail.

The machine 1 is provided with a table 4; which has a top 5', legs 6 and a treadle 7 which is mounted in any suitable manner near the bottom of the machine. In the embodiment of my invention which is here illustrated, this treadle 7 is pivoted at one end to a bar 8 which is mounted' between two legs 6 and it has its other end pivotally connected to a strip 9 that runs to a small prematurely le and 15, either of which mayy be engagedy by aspring pressed pawl or detent 16 which 1s pivoted at 17 on a stud which projects from the partition 12 and its upper end eX# tends through a slot 18 inthe ltop 5 so that the upper end of the pawl 16 may be grasped b the fingers of the operatorof the inaciine. The notches 14 and 15 are s0 arranged and disposedthat they do not oppose the movement of the same is pawl 16 spring 19, which is secured as shown inFig. 1, the` disk 13 cannot shift in the opposite direction and thereby raise the treadle 7.

The disk 13 has a crank arm 20 fixed there en, and at its upper end this arm 2O isy pivotally connected to a link 21 which runs to a treadle 7 when the pressed downwardly, but when the vrod 22. to which it is pivotally connected direction of its and which slides in the p length through the table 5 and through a suitable guide 23 which is fixed to the-top of the table and extends upwardly therefrom.v This guide is preferably made inthe formi of a spool with its lower flange resting on the table 5 and its upper flange is provided with downwardly which are pivoted their inner ends carry weights 26 and; at

extending brackets 24. in

their outer ends carry lingers 27. The rodf 22 is surmounted bya disk 28 which is of substantially the saine diameter 22 rises and falls, the disk 28 will do likewise and when it is on the guide 23, as shown in operates under the inliuence of a v as the# flanges of the support 23, so that asthe rod' .90 small levers 25, which at i F ig. 4, the weights 26 are suiiicient to incline the fingers 27 so thatthe tube 2 maybe readily inserted over these lingers. After the tube 22 has been properly inserted and reached the proper level, the treadle 7 is de pressed and thereby the strip 9 is caused to rotate the disk 13 so as to cause it to shift the crank 20, link21 and rod 22 so as to lift the disk 28, and thereby cause the fingers 27 to assume their vertical position against the action of the weights 26 and fit snug against the interior of the tube 2 which may then' be Vraised or lowered on these ngers until its desired lposition is obtained. The disk 28 can then he held at either of two levels, or at any of several levels according` to the number of notches il and 15 employed. ln the embodiment otmy invention here shown, three levels are employed. One with the disk 2S against the guide 23, another in the position shown in Fig. 3, and yet a third in the position shown in Fig. l. Obviously, this det-ail may be changed at the option or the builder ot the machine. lt is important that these positions oi' the disk 28 should correspond 'with the width oi the collars to be packed so that a bunch ot collars may be first placed true on the disk 28 when it is as shown in Fig'. i, and thereafter the operator may grasp the upper end or the pawl 16 and throw the same to the position shown in dotted lines, and then release it and meanwhile the weight olf the rod 22 and its at tached parts will cause the disk 28 'to drop to a lower level, such as is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l, and then another group oi collars may be rolled up and inserted on top of the iirst row or group. rlhis operation may be repeated several times it' desired. `When the proper number oi collars has been placed, as above specified in the tube 2, the upper end oit' the tube is crushed into the center space oi the collars as shown in Fig. 7, and then the tube may be removed 'and inverted, and the lower` end et the tube crushed'into the collars, as shown at the bottom oi' Fig. 2 and then the package is coniplete. rhe handle l@ may be grasped and the disk 28 allowed te rest on the guide for a further use of the apparatus. it desired, the treadle T may be depressed so as to bring the rod 22 to the extreme upper limit of its movement, as indicated in Fig. l by dotted lines, and then the disk 28 will be on the top of the linger 2T so that the package may be removed from the machine with greater facility.

`While l have shown and described one embodiment of invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto but is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope oi? the annexed claims.

l-laving` thus described my invention, what l claim is:

l. In a machine of the class described, a

Lec/reve series of fingers and means for pivotally mounting the same, a disk adapted to move between said lingers and be held at different levels, and means for mounting the same so that a tube may be placed over said fingers and the disk raised or lowered according to the depth of the collar receiving space to be occupied.

2. ln a machine oi the class described, a series oi' lingers and means for pivotally mounting the saine so that normally these lingers will stand inclined` a disk adapted to expand said lingers and cause the same to stand straight and means tor'raising and lowering the disk or holdingthe same at a predetermined level so that collars may be placed Von the disk and in the space `inipressed by the lingers and be packed while so held and in a tube which may be placed on the lingers while inclined and held about the lingers while straight;

3. in a machine ot the class described, pivoted means tor expanding a tube and holding the same while expanded and means for determining the level at which articles may be packed in the tube.y

l. ln a machine of the class described, a guide having weighted ingers nivotally connectedthereto, and adapted to Vnormally assume an inclined position, a rod 'passing through said guide and means i'or holding the same at any ot several positions and a disk on said rod and surrounded by said fingers and adapted to cause the lingers to assume a'straight position when the rod is raised.

ln a machine or' the class described, a table having a guide resting thereon, weighted fingers pivotally mounted on said guide and surrounding the same and adapted to normally assume an inclined position, a rod passing through said gnidewith a disk on the top or' the same to assume a vertical position, a pitman connected to said rod, a crankconnected to said pitman, a disk supporting said crank and means harholding said disk in any Voit several positions according to the level ol the disk at the top ot the rod.

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